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EU’s draft food policy to address livestock farming emissions, animal welfare
The latest draft of the Farm to Fork strategy (F2F), obtained by EURACTIV, features a few notable changes from the previous version, including an emphasis on the possible role of animal farming on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and on options for animal welfare labelling.
European Union
2020 - EurActiv
Blog article
Respuesta agroecológica a la pobreza alimentaria
Un nuevo modelo de Banco de Alimentos nace a raíz del covid: AlterBanc, una alianza entre las redes de apoyo mutuo vecinal y el campesinado agroecológico catalán.
La situación provocada por la pandemia del coronavirus ha reforzado la necesidad de crear un Banco de Alimentos alternativo, impulsado desde la agroecología y la economía social y solidaria. AlterBanc es una propuesta de cooperación entre dos colectivos precarizados por el sistema capitalista, las personas que sufren pobreza alimentaria y...
Spain
2020
Newsletter
European Network for Rural Development Newsletter - August 2020
The ENRD newsletter provides all the latest rural development news from Europe straight to your inbox once a month. From policy updates to ENRD meetings and from project outcomes to online videos, this new and updated tool aims to provide something for everybody interested in rural development policy in Europe....
2020 - European Network for Rural Development ENRD
Blog article
Pesticide reduction, Farm to Fork Leak and digital farming concerns
The latest draft of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy (F2F), obtained by EURACTIV, specifies that mandatory targets for the reduction of use and risk of synthetic chemical pesticides will be established using the existing Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 (HRI1), whose suitability was contested in the past.
European Union
2020 - Euractiv
Blog article
Pesticide reduction, Farm to Fork Leak and digital farming concerns
The latest draft of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy (F2F), obtained by EURACTIV, specifies that mandatory targets for the reduction of use and risk of synthetic chemical pesticides will be established using the existing Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 (HRI1), whose suitability was contested in the past.
European Union
2020 - Euractiv
Report
EIP-AGRI Focus Group Protecting fruit production from frost damage
This report presents the results of the EIP-AGRI Focus Group on 'Protecting fruit production from frost damage'. In the European Union, the fruit and vegetable sector is particularly affected by frost and, despite global warming, the risk of frost damage in the growing season may increase. This report reflects the...
2019 - EIP Agri
Blog article
Greek olive oil producers confronting climate change
Greek olive oil producers are turning out to more sustainable production methods, whereas climate change cuts off previous year’s production in -30%.
Greece
2019 - Food Security Center (FSC)
Report
Farm diversification in the circular bio-economy
The EIP-AGRI workshop 'Opportunities for farm diversification in the circular bio-economy' was organised to highlight of the number of co-operation mechanisms and business models that have been developed to bring forward circular bio-economy projects and enterprises across the EU. The workshop took place in February in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was...
European Union
2019 - Eip Agri
Case study
EU Environment and Climate Change Policies
This study reviews the state of play of on-going EU environmental and climate legislation and pinpoints key challenges for the next five years. Challenges arise from the plans released by the president-elect, such as a new European Green Deal, the completion of work started in the previous term (e.g. the...
European Union
2019 - © European Union, 2019
Blog article
Inspirational ideas: Landscape management to increase biodiversity
French farmers, beekeepers and agricultural students join forces to promote biodiversity
For the past three years, the Biodiversité project in the French region of Normandy has been working on biodiversity in agriculture. Farmers, beekeepers and students have joined forces to study the potential of increasing biodiversity on agricultural parcels by planting...
European Union
2019 - Eip Agri
Blog article
Where Next for CAP – Can Strategic Plans Deliver?
While the next CAP reform is still in discussion at the Council, and the European Parliament has not yet taken a final position, Samuel Féret explains the rationale of the new concept of CAP Strategic Plans (CSP) for a future CAP as proposed by the European Commission. This is intended...
European Union
2019 - ARC2020
Blog article
Inspirational ideas: A digital strategy for agriculture
There is a pressing need for overarching digital strategies to unlock the potential of digitisation in the agricultural sector.Digital technologies can help European farmers increase their profitability and reduce their environmental impact, however they are more effective when supported by public policy. In the northern part of Germany, the region of...
Germany
2019 - EipAgri
Blog article
Letter from a Farm
Who grows the food we eat? Who sows the seeds, tends the soil, picks the fruits and harvests the carrots? At ARC, we want to put faces to our food.
Agroecology is not one fixed way of doing agriculture, rather it is a philosophy, set of practices, and way of engaging...
European Union
2019 - ARC2020
Journal article
The economic potential of agroecology: Empirical evidence from Europe
This article discusses the economic dimensions of agroecological farming systems in Europe. It firstly theoretically elaborates the reasons why, and under what conditions, agroecological farming systems have the potential to produce higher incomes than farms that follow the conventional logic. This theoretical exposition is then followed by a presentation of...
2019 - Journal of Rural Studies
Blog article
Rural Dialogues | Peasants of Nature – French Initiative Reconciles Agriculture & Biodiversity
In the Western French region “les Pays de la Loire”, an idea emerged about a decade ago in the minds of some environmentalists. Faced with the dreadful, global, current loss of biodiversity, especially in agricultural landscapes – which accounts for 70% of the regional land – these passionate naturalists strived...
European Union
2019 - ARC2020
Report
An Africa-Europe agenda for rural transformation
Report by the Task Force Rural Africa
The African workforce will grow by 800 million people over the next 30 years. Generating sufficient jobs and incomes to meet their needs is one of the biggest political and economic challenges of our time. This report proposes strategies and policies, harnessing cooperation between Africa and Europe, to enable the...
2019 - European Commission
Blog article
France, Agroecology & the Coming CAP Reform
Agroecology is much talked about, and practiced in many regions, but how does it relate to the word of policy-making? In some countries such as France, agroecology forms the basis of emerging agri-food policy – albeit in a contested and sometimes contradictory way.
Since the time of ecologically progressive Agriculture Minister...
European Union
2019 - ARC2020
Report
BOND Regulatory Framework Report
Best Legal Practices for Small Farmers
This report (prepared under The BOND Project) seeks to present the most relevant best legal practices in the particular areas, discovered with cooperation and assistance from the partners, in the hope that they will be useful to facilitate collective actions, and to ensure access to sustainable markets for the small...
2019 - The BOND Project
Event
Second Agroecology Europe Forum
Agroecology Europe (AEEU) is an association of members that want to exchange knowledge and experiences on agroecology and to support the transition toward agroecological practices and policies. Together with local farmers, universities, social movement organisations and non-governmental organisations, the second Agroecology Europe Forum was organised to support exchange, reflection and bottom-up contributions. It took...
Greece
2019 - Agroecology Europe (AEEU)
Case study
Agroecology and carbon neutrality in europe by 2050: what are the issues?
The latest IPCC report sets the objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, 2070 at the latest. The sustainable intensification of agricultural production, in a land sparing logic, is most often considered as a necessary step to achieve this. In contrast, this Study questions the potential contribution of a more...
European Union
2019
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